Regular local school district · Northwest Arctic Borough
Northwest Arctic Borough School District, AK: schools, enrollment and spending
Northwest Arctic Borough School District runs 13 public schools with 1,945 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.9 students per teacher is 3.3 lower than the Alaska figure of 19.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 1,945
- Teachers (FTE)
- 122
- Students per teacher
- 15.9
- AK: 19.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 776 Third Ave, Kotzebue, AK 99752
- Phone
- (907)442-1802
- County
- Northwest Arctic Borough
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0200625
- State district ID
- AK-37
- Total staff (FTE)
- 301
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 324 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 25.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.9
Alaska19.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,050), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $83.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.3 million
- State revenue
- $61.2 million
- Local revenue
- $10.0 million
- Total spending
- $91.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $44,800
- Salaries
- $27.5 million29.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $7.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.8%
- State: 73.3%
- Local: 12.0%
Alaska overall
- Federal: 16.5%
- State: 62.2%
- Local: 21.3%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$44,800
Alaska$21,336
United States$16,826
Schools in Northwest Arctic Borough School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary, 11 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ambler SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 60 | 12.0 |
| Aqqaluk High/Noorvik ElementaryCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 212 | 15.1 |
| Buckland SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 224 | 17.2 |
| Davis-Ramoth SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 252 | 19.4 |
| Deering SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 57 | 11.4 |
| June Nelson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 302 | 15.9 |
| Kiana SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 91 | 13.0 |
| Kisimgiugtuq SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 150 | 16.7 |
| Kobuk SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 42 | 10.5 |
| Kotzebue Middle/High SchoolCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 299 | 16.6 |
| Napaaqtugmiut SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 161 | 17.9 |
| NWABSD Home School | Other | K to 12 | 25 | 25.0 |
| Shungnak SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 70 | 14.0 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.